I have noted in the MMO industry (as well as films and, to a lesser extent in fantasy literature) a decline in the ...

After taking a brief hiatus for PAX, it’s time to start of a new series on the Elements of the Game. But before ...

Clausewitz “On Gaming”Effects of Victory, pt 3 We are now in our third installment on the discussion of the effects of victory in ...

Clausewitz “On Gaming”Effects of Victory, pt 2 Previously, we began our investigation of the impact of victory (and defeat) in gaming. When a ...

I had a chance encounter with the king of Aquilonia during the month. Okay, so it wasn’t a chance encounter; I decided to ...

Clausewitz “On Gaming”Effects of Victory, pt 1 In the past few articles, we’ve investigated various facets of MMO combat as seen through the ...

Clausewitz “On Gaming”Lines of Retreat As long as we’ve spent some time talking about moral forces and the frustrations of retreating monsters, we ...

A full month has now passed since I first found myself washed up on the shores of Tortage with nothing but a trusty ...

Clausewitz “On Gaming”Warfare as an Art Last time we dived into Clausewitz and began looking at how his theories of warfare can be ...

For the next series of articles, I’m going to shift methodologies slightly. I’ll still be looking at the nuts and bolts of game ...

As promised last week, in this edition I will be answering the questions you submitted to me throughout the last week and a ...

“No, no this won’t do at all,” Braiglam said. “You must go back to my brother and tell him to reconsider.”“But I’ve already ...